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LuckyCharms

(22,787 posts)
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 09:50 AM 5 hrs ago

Any geometry geniuses here?

I'm going to post a picture from Reddit, as well as a link to the thread.

The title of the thread is 'How to trim around this corner"?

I have a similar situation in which I need to form an outside corner joint where a level plane meets a sloped plane with a profiled baseboard.

In my case, it's where my dining room floor slopes down slightly to my kitchen floor. I did a quick solution years ago, but it doesn't look good. I stare at the thing every day, and I can't figure out the miter cuts.

Based on the comments in the thread, it seems like other people have this problem too. I don't really see an understandable solution in the comments, but some of them are hilarious....like "just caulk it".

I can *almost* visualize the cuts if the trim was flat with no profile, but it becomes tricky on profiled miters.

This post is kind of like a hail Mary pass for me, because all of the good old-time carpenters that I used to know have passed on, so I can't ask them. And the problem is...this is one of those things where it is very difficult to find a video or diagram that someone like me can understand.

Picture, followed by link so you can see the comments. The question is...how do you join those two pieces of trim at the corner?



https://old.reddit.com/r/Carpentry/comments/1sxj8it/how_to_trim_around_this_corner/

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Any geometry geniuses here? (Original Post) LuckyCharms 5 hrs ago OP
No idea, but I'm great at cutting corners. multigraincracker 4 hrs ago #1
Haha! Me too! LuckyCharms 4 hrs ago #3
DY failure pfitz59 4 hrs ago #2
So you are saying to add a third piece at the corner? LuckyCharms 4 hrs ago #4
I've become a square, Lucky. Harker 4 hrs ago #5
I think I'm just going to... LuckyCharms 4 hrs ago #6
That's brilliant! Harker 4 hrs ago #7
Chihuahua LuckyCharms 4 hrs ago #8
I nearly blew a mouthful of twenty year old pu'er out through my nose. Harker 4 hrs ago #9
. LuckyCharms 4 hrs ago #10
Say the corner isnt there. Kali 4 hrs ago #11
If both pieces were on the same plane... LuckyCharms 4 hrs ago #13
If I had to do it I would slap decorative stone at base and run to that Kali 4 hrs ago #12
You can put a corner block that wraps around each side of the corner... LuckyCharms 4 hrs ago #14
This might be exactly what you should do: Ptah 3 hrs ago #15
But... LuckyCharms 3 hrs ago #16
I've seen you own quite a few tools here. Harker 3 hrs ago #17
Well, a lot of people call me a tool. LuckyCharms 3 hrs ago #19
I know I like to be useful. Harker 2 hrs ago #20
A screwdriver? sorcrow 3 hrs ago #18
Compound miter Whip-poor-will 2 hrs ago #21
This sounds like something I can look at, but... LuckyCharms 2 hrs ago #22
If you have replacement Whip-poor-will 2 hrs ago #23

LuckyCharms

(22,787 posts)
3. Haha! Me too!
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 10:15 AM
4 hrs ago

I was going to put an outside corner block, and then just run each piece into the block with one angle cut on each piece. But, there has to be a way to cut both a miter and a bevel on each piece that enables the pieces to meet.

I just can't visualize it.

pfitz59

(12,841 posts)
2. DY failure
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 10:13 AM
4 hrs ago

Measure all the legs. Copy to a piece of cardboard. Cut the cardboard. Check to make sure it fits. Use the cardboard cutout as a stencil for the filler piece. Use a jig saw and cut the filler piece. Use a router to cut a 45 degree angle on the inside of the right leg to make it fit flush. Glue into place.

LuckyCharms

(22,787 posts)
6. I think I'm just going to...
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 10:21 AM
4 hrs ago

put a piece of duct tape over the gap.

One of the comments says...just pee on it.

Kali

(56,866 posts)
11. Say the corner isnt there.
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 10:32 AM
4 hrs ago

How would you fit that angle to a horizontal normally? I have to break things down to smaller problems. To me it doesn't seem like it works at anything other than a 90 degree angle but I watched one of your videos of a window job that was amazing.

LuckyCharms

(22,787 posts)
13. If both pieces were on the same plane...
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 10:39 AM
4 hrs ago

meaning...if it was something close to a 90 degree corner, you would just cut a 45 degree bevel on each piece, and join them together.

Or, if the angle was not exactly 90 degrees, you would measure the angle, divide it by 2, and cut the bevel to something different than 45 degrees.

ie: you might cut each bevel at 44.5 degrees.

My problem here is that the solution can be explained to me as in a comment above, but I need a clear picture or drawing that shows it to me before I can understand it.

LuckyCharms

(22,787 posts)
14. You can put a corner block that wraps around each side of the corner...
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 10:42 AM
4 hrs ago

Then, the piece on the right would just be a 90 degree cut butted into the corner block.

The sloped piece on the left would butt into the corner block by cutting a simple angle on the left piece.

But that looks real busy to me, and I don't like the look.

Whip-poor-will

(401 posts)
21. Compound miter
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 12:05 PM
2 hrs ago

45 degree face cut 42 degrees stair rake angle.

At this piont three coats of bondo with the last coat fiinishing off with a light sanding. PRIME FIRST before a final coat

Use a 4/6" putty knife to flow the profiles together.

LuckyCharms

(22,787 posts)
22. This sounds like something I can look at, but...
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 12:10 PM
2 hrs ago

I've got factory pre-finished oak that I'm working with.

Can't use caulk or Bondo. Can't sand to flow the profiles together.

Whip-poor-will

(401 posts)
23. If you have replacement
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 12:16 PM
2 hrs ago

Ask around for someone with a compound miter set blade at 45 Degrees angle should be 42 degrees. These saws are common among woodworkers or trimmers.

I always start with a scrap wood to guess an angle 1X3 or 1X4 pine just to check look.

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